I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

He also publiGiacomo Casanovad abundantly in French under the name Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". His autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century.